name was peg mullen. she wrote a book about the death of herson,michaelmullen.the name of the book was "friendly fire." norman schwartzkopf was the battalion commander. he was so approachable to peg mullen, so human in his relations with peg mullen, who sought to find out how her son was killed in vietnam. he died from friendly fire, which, you know obviously meant he was killed within the confines of his own unit by shrapnel from american weapons fired. it was so impressive to read about then a colonel later to become norm an schwartzkopf general "time" magazine's man of the year who was so human. just that clip we just showed right then compared to a lot of military officials who we see on tv. an actual human being would could say i hope i don't make a mistake. things like that. interesting, at least to me. >> i think very interesting. i grew up -- i was in high school in part of the anti-vietnam protest, so he was a symbol. you kind of respected him. as you grew holder, you learned that you can politically be different and still respect the man. he was the kind of guy that would

,43-year-oldmichaelciporraniand 25-year-old, tomascz chip chip. the shooter, william spengler set the home ablaze and took his own life shooting himself in the head. spengler was no stranger to law enforcement. he served 16 years for a conviction of manslaughter beating his grandmother to death. as a ex-con, spengler was not permitted to have weapons. >> spengler was a convicted felon. he is not allowed to poe -- possess weapons. so did he legally possess the weapons? no. we've had all kinds of weapons larcenies in town and around the county and wayne county as of late so i don't know where those weapons came from but we'll certainly find out. >> reporter: why spengler went on the rampage there is still known motive. when the mother died two months ago, obit irwary asked for donations to the west webster fire department and that is who responded to the fire. he had a strained relationship with his sister. the massive fire that left seven homes destroyed made it difficult to search for what might be additional victims. jamie, it is possible we might learn more defails in the next f

, is that the president has been alittlemichaelcorleonetowards the republicans in the negotiations with boehner and that essentially he is saying when boehner says, i'll give you this, i'll give you this, i think the president is saying this is what i'll give you, nothing. he doesn't want to reduce spending. the republicans are willing to bend on taxes but spending is where the real action is, and i really do think that this may go up to the end and may go over. >> i think that's very possible. matthew dowd, one of the things the white house will argue they did the spending cuts last year. no question of the president taking a firm line in these negotiations but speaking of the impossible situation, that peggy just mentioned, it does appear no matter what speaker boehner negotiates with the president, it is something that cannot get through his conference. >> well, first, merry christmas to you and your family and everybody here. happy holidays to all that and have a sticker my daughter made me wear santa claus until santa claus comes, better be nice and not naughty. i think this demonstrates,

are supposed to be preparing people for life. >> heather: we will did he bait witness alan colmesandmichaelgallagher.>> merry christmas. i'm not afraid to say it. >> heather: mike, pleat start with you. is this unnecessary legislation, what do you think? >> i was about to make alan happy, as i was driving over here, maybe this is bit legislative overreach. one of the most iconic christmas messages of our culture is miracle on 4th street where the judge -- on 34th street. there is the spirit of christmas alive and well and yes, there is a santa claus. if we can love the warm fuzzy message of "miracle on 34th street," why not judge come in and say let's say merry christmas without offending somebody. >> i've known mike for 20 years. have you made me happy? let me get this straight. you can't say merry christmas will. this is because of legislator's six-year-old son and decorated the holiday tree. think we have a lot more things to worry about on school campus is whether to say a word that is permitted. what the texas association of school board says. they have a document on its website that

michaelpage.after shooting one police officer multiple times -- >> shots fired, shots fired. >> page was shot and killed by another officer. number eight, the massacre in kandahar province. >> the united states takes this as seriously as if it was our own citizens and our own children who were murdered. >> the accused gunman, army staff sergeant robert bales. military officiales say he left his afghanistan outpost on a night back in march and single-handedly attacked two villages. opening fire and killing 16 afghan civilians in their homes and wounding six others. number seven, striking a deal in the shooting that struck a blow to the nation. >> the man who shot gabrielle giffords and killed six people in a rampage in tucson last year pleaded guilty to 19 charges. >> jared loughner sentenced to seven consecutive life terms and 140 years. his guilty plea means he will avoid the death penalty. chicago's murder rate surged this year to levels not seen in almost a decade. by december, close to 500 people were killed in the city. >> it is just not the gang bangers. right now innocent kids

delivered to kids toys. he is called santa claus. politicalconsultantmichaelturnedsanta claus. thanks for coming in here. first of all tell me about your mom. she was the inspiration behind the story. >> yes, thank you. this is all due to my mom elane, the most wonderful woman in the world. mom, i love you and everybody if you want, you can thank my mom, to thank me for my mom. she instilled christmas spirit in me and i am glad to bring it to the world. >> rick: when sandy happened, a lot of people didn't expect us to be talking about the impacts of the storm. you are seeing it and what is it like there now for people here in this christmas? >> surprisingly enough. you can still see a lot of suffering going on and a lot of people are squatting in other people's homes and living without power and debris scattered everywhere. i would lick to mobilize more volunteers to get out there and clean up the debris and cleep up the mold and so they can rebuild. >> rick: a lot of people give, and it is great when people give gifts and toys for tots, but you happening it is important that they see

correspondent,michaelgordon.washington journal, live at 7:00 eastern on c-span. >> next, chief justice john roberts talks to students about issues like justices working together. he says reporters are too quick to label supreme court justices liberal or conservative. from rice university, this is just under an hour. [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you, and thank you, david, for that gracious introduction, and for all of you for a very warm welcome. this is my first visit to rice, and i'm glad i have come. president leebron told you that i cannot talk about anything current, future, or past, so my remarks will be brief. [laughter] i have had the pleasure of knowing david for 35 years. he was a president back then, too, of the "harvard law review." we are used to holding the reins of power. a chief justice also holds the reins of power. the only difference is that a chief justice must hold them lightly, lest he discovered they are not attached to anything. nevertheless, i know of the long and personal experience that david brings to rice, a special vision, and leadership. this school

explicit video at the trial of the man accused of killingbarnes,michaeljohnson.that video is footage of barnes, johnson and two others fp state's motion asks that the court room be closed when that video is being played. johnson is charged with first degree murder in the death of the 16-year-old back in 2010. we're back in just a moment with beep-bop-boop-bop boop-beep. [monotone] she says, "switch to progressive and you could save hundreds." call or click today. >> hope we didn't disappoint too many people, but there's going to be a little delay as far as the snow is skoerned simply because the moisture we thought that would push into this area did not associated with this low in the panhandle of florida is pretty much drifting off of the east coast into the atlantic ocean. we're keeping an eye though on this upper level low here sitting over charleston, west virginia right now which will move into the area in the next couple of hours and bring us some snow. just appears that some of z those totals may be an inch less in some areas simply because we didn't get this moisture here. as

in the caption, watts says these are his new friends from new town. 2 and a half sacks away fromtieingmichaelstrahansingle season record of 22 and a half. >> one game? >> i don't think does it either. i don't think adrian peterson gets eric dickerson's record. let's hope one of them goes down. >> one record broken. jerry rice. >> one time mega tron. let's -- where are we heading? let's head to weather right now. maria molina in the weather center going on here. outside of pittsburgh there. know had all too well. right now though they are getting up on rock salt and all that sand because preparations for another storm are on their way. maria molina standing by with the latest on this next storm. >> we are dealing with more snow across the northeast after just on thursday many people had to deal with over a foot of snow and as much as 20 inches across portions of upstate, new york. here would go again. the good news with the storm though it is not first alert forecast to be as strong as our last storm and also going to be a very quick mover. in and out on saturday. by sunday you are going to

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